LEADER 03318nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910782348103321 005 20230721033057.0 010 $a1-135-89119-2 010 $a1-281-90095-8 010 $a9786611900953 010 $a0-203-88515-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000549496 035 $a(EBL)370986 035 $a(OCoLC)476207072 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000135661 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11139163 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000135661 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10058800 035 $a(PQKB)11618120 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC370986 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL370986 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10267209 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL190095 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000549496 100 $a20080613d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDeath, gender, and sexuality in contemporary adolescent literature$b[electronic resource] /$fKathryn James 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (221 p.) 225 1 $aChildren's literature and culture ;$v61 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-88856-5 311 $a0-415-96493-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction Beginning with Endings: Death in Children's Literature; Chapter One Points of Departure: Death, Culture, Representation; Chapter Two Matilda's Last Dance: Death and Historical Fiction; Chapter Three Verisimilitude: Representing Death "In the Real"; Chapter Four Beyond Consensus Reality: Death and Fantasy Fiction; Chapter Five Imagined Futures: Death and the Post-Disaster Novel; Conclusion Mapping the Landscape: The Unknown Country; NOTES; Bibliography; Index 330 $aKnowledge about carnality and its limits provides the agenda for much of the fiction written for adolescent readers today, yet there exists little critical engagement with the ways in which it has been represented in the young adult novel in either discursive, ideological, or rhetorical forms. Death, Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Adolescent Literature is a pioneering study that addresses these methodological and contextual gaps. Focusing on texts produced since the late-1980s, and drawing on a range of theoretical perspectives, Kathryn James shows how representations of deat 410 0$aChildren's literature and culture ;$v61. 606 $aYoung adult literature, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aDeath in literature 606 $aSex role in literature 606 $aSex in literature 606 $aTeenagers$xBooks and reading 615 0$aYoung adult literature, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aDeath in literature. 615 0$aSex role in literature. 615 0$aSex in literature. 615 0$aTeenagers$xBooks and reading. 676 $a810.9/9282 676 $a810.99282 700 $aJames$b Kathryn$01468810 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782348103321 996 $aDeath, gender, and sexuality in contemporary adolescent literature$93680152 997 $aUNINA